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how do we do on the science test? daniel stone from national geographic is going to help us out on that. right now we're talking about the massive overkill, if you will, to the immigration bill. it will pass and then come out of the senate with maybe 75 votes. kim is calling from california. hi, kim. >> caller: hey good morning, the most intelligent man on the planet. [ laughter ] >> bill: oh, my god, save the tape. >> caller: you are. i mean you can't beat that. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: what is it with the illegals? do we only have mexican illegals? what about the porta ricans the cam bodians, the canadians, the cubans. if you swim here is it legal, but if you just come from mexico -- come on. >> bill: it's a lot of racism and a lot of ignorance. all of these people so upset about the border not winter ris suspect, right? not winter ris has ever come across the southern border. all of this talk about nsa and we have to protect ourselves against terrorism -- >> caller: but why don't they understand this? my god
how do we do on the science test? daniel stone from national geographic is going to help us out on that. right now we're talking about the massive overkill, if you will, to the immigration bill. it will pass and then come out of the senate with maybe 75 votes. kim is calling from california. hi, kim. >> caller: hey good morning, the most intelligent man on the planet. [ laughter ] >> bill: oh, my god, save the tape. >> caller: you are. i mean you can't beat that. >>...
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this guy is on the science and technology committee of the house. >> whoa. >> if that isn't an example of how the lunatics have taken over the asylum. in joe heller's great novel, catch-22, there is a couple that can't get pregnant and they don't know what's going on. they go to see the doctor. the doctor -- it turns out they are not doing the act correctly. i think that's what's needed for him and others in this party including, by the way, rush limbaugh who didn't seem to understand the function of birth control room pills when he went off on sandra fluke. >> as you allude to earlier, even though the romney campaign said we don't agree with paul ryan. he co-responsored with todd aiken a measure for no taxpayer funding for abortion act where they say the om case it would be allowed is cases of forceable rape. right? >> right, as opposed to unforceable rape which is just, you know, a mere day in the park, a walk in the park it really is infuriating because talking first of all, aimed at a majority of the american population. it is so patronizing as well as ignorant and so beyond, you k
this guy is on the science and technology committee of the house. >> whoa. >> if that isn't an example of how the lunatics have taken over the asylum. in joe heller's great novel, catch-22, there is a couple that can't get pregnant and they don't know what's going on. they go to see the doctor. the doctor -- it turns out they are not doing the act correctly. i think that's what's needed for him and others in this party including, by the way, rush limbaugh who didn't seem to...
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what was interesting about that story is that brown serves on the science committee which is also known lately by todd akin. >> bill: yes i guess the republican approach is who gets appointeded to the science committee are the biggest idiots. >> and i think brown is also a medical doctor. >> i think you are right. >> bill: that's scary. this is meet the candidate's week on "full court press." patrick murphy against allen west in florida, and joe mcklosi out in colorado. but first -- >> here is what is making news. this is a [ inaudible ] the washington nationals have taken an early lead against the st. louis cardinals. tyler drove in two runs making the store 3-2, and they held on to make that the final score. nats take on the cardinals in game two today. and the orioles losing to the yankees last night. 7-2, and the tigers over the as up two games in that series as well. >> bill: tigers are on fire but so are the nationals. >> keep hope alive. keep hope alive. >> bill: it's the first post season game won by a washington baseball team since 1923. >> wow. >> bill:. >> and the football te
what was interesting about that story is that brown serves on the science committee which is also known lately by todd akin. >> bill: yes i guess the republican approach is who gets appointeded to the science committee are the biggest idiots. >> and i think brown is also a medical doctor. >> i think you are right. >> bill: that's scary. this is meet the candidate's week on "full court press." patrick murphy against allen west in florida, and joe mcklosi out in...
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it is not rocket science. we just have to understand that the political philosophy that insists that we balance the federal government on the backs of ordinary middle-class families is a loser philosophy and it just lost the election and we need to move forward with what the voters want. >> bill: and not buy into their losing formula. >> absolutely. >> bill: terry o'neill full of fire here this morning. head of the national organization for women. you think elizabeth warren is tough, you haven't met terry o'neill. your call -- join the conversation here at any time. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. you can agree. you can disagree. join the conversation. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives c
it is not rocket science. we just have to understand that the political philosophy that insists that we balance the federal government on the backs of ordinary middle-class families is a loser philosophy and it just lost the election and we need to move forward with what the voters want. >> bill: and not buy into their losing formula. >> absolutely. >> bill: terry o'neill full of fire here this morning. head of the national organization for women. you think elizabeth warren is...
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it's really fun -- >> stephanie: it's mystery science insult theater. >> caller: chris you beat me to it with scalia yesterday. >> yes. >> stephanie: and of all the disgusting things people have compared homosexuality is that not the worst? and he is a supreme court. >> caller: oh, yeah. especially when the murder rates in this country are so out of control. >> yeah, and there is a huge difference. >> caller: exactly. and so it scares me and i was wondering if you guys are a little worried or feeling confident >> stephanie: i don't think anybody has any illusions as to how scalia is going to vote. >> caller: i just get a little nervous about those middlemen -- >> stephanie: that's why you need to stay tuned because julie bolcer is coming up at the bottom of the hour. i just dragged you into doing a tease. >> you did. merry holidays everyone. >> stephanie: you too. all right. julie bolcer next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ ♪ exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. the
it's really fun -- >> stephanie: it's mystery science insult theater. >> caller: chris you beat me to it with scalia yesterday. >> yes. >> stephanie: and of all the disgusting things people have compared homosexuality is that not the worst? and he is a supreme court. >> caller: oh, yeah. especially when the murder rates in this country are so out of control. >> yeah, and there is a huge difference. >> caller: exactly. and so it scares me and i was...
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gwen moore said a bill based on total non-science. >> so that now we have before us a bill that is born of ignorance and disregard for medical science in every way shape and form. >> bill: yeah, but the republicans, this is it. they could have chosen action on any other issue this week. no. they made this their priority and the message is really really clear. we men in the congress will decide what's good for you women because you cannot make your own choices. we don't trust you to make your own choices. i've got to tell you i think it's a losing strategy. how about you? 866-55-press. let's talk about it here on the "full-court press." >> this is "the bill press show." (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the
gwen moore said a bill based on total non-science. >> so that now we have before us a bill that is born of ignorance and disregard for medical science in every way shape and form. >> bill: yeah, but the republicans, this is it. they could have chosen action on any other issue this week. no. they made this their priority and the message is really really clear. we men in the congress will decide what's good for you women because you cannot make your own choices. we don't trust you to...
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what do you tell the people who are still maybe not sure that the science is right? what are the manifestations you see of climate change. >> happily the daughters are fewer and further in between. and i think it's precisely for the reasons you say. people can now see with their own eyes what used to be a theoretical problem. i wrote the first book about 25 years ago, called "the end of nature," in 1989. this is exactly what climate scientists have told us will happen. the pertinent factor is this warm air holds more water vapor than cold, that means because we have raised the temperature of the earth by about a degree the atmosphere is 5% wetter. and that means the dice are now loaded for both drought and flood, and we see both of them happening with more regularity now. so right now, you know, on the planet at the moment we have heat wave and drought not only across our greenbelt, but also across southern europe, which is one of the other large grain-growing regions of the earth. the monsoon is in deficit in india, and they are about to declare a drought emergency.
what do you tell the people who are still maybe not sure that the science is right? what are the manifestations you see of climate change. >> happily the daughters are fewer and further in between. and i think it's precisely for the reasons you say. people can now see with their own eyes what used to be a theoretical problem. i wrote the first book about 25 years ago, called "the end of nature," in 1989. this is exactly what climate scientists have told us will happen. the...
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this is not rocket science, not complicated. boehner, lead or resign. >> this is "the bill press show." ed is calling from frederick maryland. what do you say, ed? >> caller: good morning. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> coming to you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> you've got it 33 minutes after the hour now. here we go with the "full-court press." this monday morning, december 3rd, coming to you live from our nation's capitol brought to you today by the communication workers of america, good men and woman of the communication workers' union under preside
this is not rocket science, not complicated. boehner, lead or resign. >> this is "the bill press show." ed is calling from frederick maryland. what do you say, ed? >> caller: good morning. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out....
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>> science is hard to measure. we're about the same. i think maybe 17th in science. i never pay attention to science because it is tough to get a test. >> what are you, a republican? you never pay attention to science? >> that's the problem. >> bill: james inhoff. >> you walked right into that. sorry. [ laughter ] >> we can't be trusted to say the right thing. no. actually, that's exactly my point. in the u.s., we have this extraordinary science curriculum because all sorts of local school districts can come up with their own version of science. as a result, how are we going to do on a standardized test? it is not clear -- >> the science class you get in maine isn't the same you'll get in mississippi. >> it does not appear to be exactly the same. how much they're different is nothing i've done research on. it certainly is the case. there are other countries we're competing against on these tests that have national curricula where they have defined exactly what is to be taught. >> bill: how good are american schools compared to what your grandma used to know? or used
>> science is hard to measure. we're about the same. i think maybe 17th in science. i never pay attention to science because it is tough to get a test. >> what are you, a republican? you never pay attention to science? >> that's the problem. >> bill: james inhoff. >> you walked right into that. sorry. [ laughter ] >> we can't be trusted to say the right thing. no. actually, that's exactly my point. in the u.s., we have this extraordinary science curriculum...
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this is science fiction coming to life here very, very exciting. >> it's crazy, totally crazy. >> you know, nasa needed this, i think. right? we were all complaining when they stopped the shuttle because what are they doing next? well, here they are. so we are going to be talking sports here at the very top of the hour with jordan schultz from huffington post. and then labor secretary, hilda solis in studio to talk about the latest job numbers. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news on this monday in sports swimmer mike michael phelps retiring winning his 18ths gold medal for his work in the medley relay, a total of 22 medals overall. the most decorated olympian of all time. he tells espn, he has been able to do everything he ever wanted putting the cherry on top of the metaphorcal ice cream sundae. he said he did not want to swim past the age of 30. he will not show up in rio 2014 unless his mom has her way. he took his coach of 16 years, bob bowman. >> unbelievable record. what a performance in london. a little rocky start in that first relay, but
this is science fiction coming to life here very, very exciting. >> it's crazy, totally crazy. >> you know, nasa needed this, i think. right? we were all complaining when they stopped the shuttle because what are they doing next? well, here they are. so we are going to be talking sports here at the very top of the hour with jordan schultz from huffington post. and then labor secretary, hilda solis in studio to talk about the latest job numbers. but first: >> this is the full...
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the science thing is cover. these people don't believe in science or they certainly don't legislate like they believe in science. >> john: do they believe in science but they act this way? >> part of that but which is worse? what is worse? racism or acting on the fears of raises. >> john: i don't think romney is a homophobe. i think he's a calculating nonbigot. as far as paul ryan, i want to play a clip we played earlier in the show. this is clip number two. this is paul ryan not answering a question. can you play that for me, peter? >> should abortions be available to women who are raped? >> well, look, i'm proud of my pro-life record and i stand by my pro-life record in congress. it is something i'm proud of but mitt romney is the top of the ticket and mitt romney will be president and he will set a policy of the romney administration. >> is that the answer you give every time you disagree with your running mate? >> john: is that the answer you give when you don't want to give an answer? he's essentially sayin
the science thing is cover. these people don't believe in science or they certainly don't legislate like they believe in science. >> john: do they believe in science but they act this way? >> part of that but which is worse? what is worse? racism or acting on the fears of raises. >> john: i don't think romney is a homophobe. i think he's a calculating nonbigot. as far as paul ryan, i want to play a clip we played earlier in the show. this is clip number two. this is paul ryan...
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and how nobody wants to look at the science of global warming. well, in that same turn, nobody wants to look at the science of when exactly life begins and i had a girlfriend who was pregnant and at 20 weeks that baby is kicking inside. you can't blame that on gas bubbles or whatever because there's actually personality to that child. >> bill: jody, i don't want to get into a debate about abortion here. we're talking about the stupid comments from trent franks on rape and that -- the idea, we wouldn't even be talking about this if we hadn't made a statement that the incidents of rape resulting from pregnancy are very low. there's nothing to support that at all. there's nothing to support that. appreciate the call. linda from san san marcos, texas >> caller: everybody should be reminded they did not want abortion if a mother's life is in danger or if the baby is nonviable. there is a woman outside the country who had serious health problems and the baby did not have a brain. and she was refused an abortion. >> bill: just recently. last week. the l
and how nobody wants to look at the science of global warming. well, in that same turn, nobody wants to look at the science of when exactly life begins and i had a girlfriend who was pregnant and at 20 weeks that baby is kicking inside. you can't blame that on gas bubbles or whatever because there's actually personality to that child. >> bill: jody, i don't want to get into a debate about abortion here. we're talking about the stupid comments from trent franks on rape and that -- the...
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you know, if you go back to 2008, the department of homeland security had the national academies of science, national research council doll a stud fy data mining for terrorism -- because that's how this works, collect all of the data and we will use algori t hms to sort through it to figure out who were the bad guys that it's not feasible and would create so many false positives that the government would have to chase down, infringing on the rights of people who are completely innocent that it would not even be a good policy choice to go that way. and why et the government has moved completely in that direction to what they call big data, doing exactly that. >> the argument that i have heard which you just sort of alluded to is someone supports the program and told me, i am just wrong by sharing your concerns about it, is that in order to find out who the bad guys are, you have to know who the good guys are. so you have to collect all of this dad /* data and then kind of sort out and set aside the good guys and then you are left with the bad guys. >> well, 16 years working in the fbi, 12 of
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>>a new scientific study shows conservatives hold science in contempt. that's a shocker. >>we are fearless. >> you who are pragmatic, you who are progressive, you who are impatient, uncle sam needs you. >>we push, we prod. >> my job is to keep it real. the good and the bad. (vo) and we don't do talking points. conversation. >>the young turks with cenk uygur at 7. >>i can see both side of this issue. >>viewpoint with eliot spitzer at 8. >>transparency is good in government. the more we know the better. >>the war room with jennifer granholm at 9. >>i think that's smart politics. (vo) and there's only one place you'll find us: [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> david shuster sitting in this morning. we are talking about how mitt romney is playing it exceptionally safe across the board. how that's great news for democrats. the controversy involving ralph lauren and those olympic uniforms, the outfits that have said all of the 570 athletes will march into the opening ceremonies in london friday now they have to wear thi
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this is a guy who's on the house science committee? maybe todd akin can explain to us how does a woman's body know and how are they able to distinguish a friendly sperm from an unfriendly sperm? this is just so -- it is not just insensitive. it is just wrong. it is just -- it is just uncannily stupid! and without any evidence whatsoever. it is just wrong wrong wrong. as president obama said yesterday at our little imp promptu news conference, come on, we don't start parsing rape. >> obama: the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> bill: rape is rape. so yesterday the cries started mounting for todd akin to jump out of the race. especially from republicans right? scott brown up in massachusetts. of course, he's so afraid of elizabeth warren, he'll say anything to make him look like a moderate. john cornyn and mitch mcconnell and sean hannity all jumped in said you gotta get out of the race. the deadline is 5:00 tonight for him to get out of the race. todd akin is sticking so far sticking in there. he went on mike huckabee to
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if you don't believe in climate change science try to find one climate change scientist who is buying beachfront property because it is tough. taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. i want to just play a couple of sound bytes from yesterday before we wrap. we played earlier the president but i would like to just play the first two cuts again if we can, dan. the president defending secretary rice. >> obama: let me say specifically will susan rice. she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. >> john: i said secretary rice. of course, i meant ambassador rice. secretary rice is the other rice who, you know, exploited a terror attack to get us into a war. that was acceptable. that was good bad intel. so i would like to play the third cut. this is the president talking about david petraeus. upon his resignation. >> obama: general petraeus had an extraordinary career. he served this country with great distinction. in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the c.i.a. >> john: ther
if you don't believe in climate change science try to find one climate change scientist who is buying beachfront property because it is tough. taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. i want to just play a couple of sound bytes from yesterday before we wrap. we played earlier the president but i would like to just play the first two cuts again if we can, dan. the president defending secretary rice. >> obama: let me say specifically will susan rice. she has done exemplary work. she has...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. on this tuesday october 30, my parting shot for today. nobody's talking about it anymore but there still is a big election. one week from today. and democrats have to stop panicking every time they see a national tracking poll that shows this election to be a dead heat. first of all, a little reminder, that's not how we elect a president. there is not a national referendum. we elect presidents state by state. and that's looking good for obama. no matter what you think about the electoral college. by "huffington post" count obama has 277 electoral votes to romney's 206. colorado florida virginia and new hampshire are still tossup states. according
help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. on this...
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some people haven't spent enough time to understand the science. there are the paid critics who are confusing folks for a reason. so i understand why some people are in a muddle. i probably have a little more patience than the president does for folks who just don't have the time to look at the science. anyone who has looked at the science, it is pretty clear that all of this carbon pollution we're putting into the sky threatens our future. >> bill: do you share the president's belief that this congress, the way it is constituted with flat earth like james inhofe is not going to accomplish any legislation this year? >> i think that is right unfortunately. although i see something coming, obviously this issue hasn't matured the way the immigration issue has. but the immigration issue is an issue where thanks to the politics, there is a demand for bipartisan action and it's dangerous to be in either party and be against immigration reform, i think. and so i think that same thing will happen on climate because young people, especially who have grown u
some people haven't spent enough time to understand the science. there are the paid critics who are confusing folks for a reason. so i understand why some people are in a muddle. i probably have a little more patience than the president does for folks who just don't have the time to look at the science. anyone who has looked at the science, it is pretty clear that all of this carbon pollution we're putting into the sky threatens our future. >> bill: do you share the president's belief...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> chatting with you life at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: friday, december 7th here, the "full-court press" coming to you life from our nation's capitol and our studio on capitol hill brought to you today by the united steel workers and their great international president, leo gerard, north america's largest industrial union rep precepting 1.2 million active and retired members usw.org. big news this week uteout in the west, to colorado and washington. they had approved on november 6th each day, approving a measure for the full legalization of recreational use of marijuana. those laws have now kicked in. it is legal in washington and colorado to smoke pot. but will the if he did allow it? al ant saint pierre is the executive director of norml gets a lot of credit. allen, good to see you. >> good day, bill >> bill: i want you to know that last week, last time you were here,
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the science center, however, has promised to plant four new trees for every one tree it cuts down. 78-foot wide retired space orbiter will take a 12 mile drive through the city. >> bill: i have to tell you. when i was in l.a., i was a member of the board of an organization, great organization, still going called tree people. and we planted -- >> of course you were. [ laughter ] >> bill: we planted a million trees, all of the volunteers did for the olympics in 1984. if i were still out there, i would be raising hell about that. [chainsaw noise] >> bill: i would chain myself to the trees before i would let them cut them down. >> you should go. >> you just found your calling. >> finally this hour, big ratings for dade letterman thanks to president obama. tuesday night's episode of the cbs late show where the president was a guest had the most viewers in over two years! deadline reports on the nielsen ratings, the program's 60% increase over it regular year-to-date. >> that's incredible. >> just imagine if he put michelle obama on. >> bill: what if they put mitt romney on? >> tank, tank.
the science center, however, has promised to plant four new trees for every one tree it cuts down. 78-foot wide retired space orbiter will take a 12 mile drive through the city. >> bill: i have to tell you. when i was in l.a., i was a member of the board of an organization, great organization, still going called tree people. and we planted -- >> of course you were. [ laughter ] >> bill: we planted a million trees, all of the volunteers did for the olympics in 1984. if i were...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. ... and current will let me say anything. >> only on current tv. [ music ] on your radio and on current tv this is the bill press show. >> bill: all right. we got it now 13 minutes before the top of the hour here on the "full-court press," at the top of the next hour reid epstein from politico will be in and congressman keith i will ison from minnesota. yesterday, at the whitehouse briefing, it was sort of a boring briefing. there was nothing going on the fiscal cliff brunch boehner had announced he was going home to ohio for the weekend. it looks like things had shut down and nothing on the nomination front. no news about the secretary of defense. there was a no-news briefing. suddenly wow bombs dropped all over the place, susan rice dropping out a
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. ... and current will let me say anything. >> only on current tv. [ music ] on your radio and on current tv this is...
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restoration work in the gulf of mexico and another $350 million will go to the national economy of sciences. civil lawsuits are continuing from people affected as well as u.s. government. civil lawsuits could conceivably fetch up to $20 billion if it can be shown that bp in fact, acted with negligence. here's eric holder announcing what bp agreed to yesterday. >> charging bp with 11 counts of felony manslaughter. one count of felony obstruction of justice. and violation of the clean water and migratory bird treaty acts in connection with the deep water horizon oil spill. >> peter, every time i hear that. >> tweety acts. >> the migratory bird tweety acts. >> in the same sort of sentence, talking about the deaths of 11 people. i don't know. eric holder, maybe a couple different speechwriters would be helpful. by the way, this is a big day for the american culture americana because the maker of twinkies, ho hos ding-dongs and assorted other things that have sustained peter ogborn and dan henning for most of their life, hostess has declared it is going to get rid of 18,000 employees, shut down
restoration work in the gulf of mexico and another $350 million will go to the national economy of sciences. civil lawsuits are continuing from people affected as well as u.s. government. civil lawsuits could conceivably fetch up to $20 billion if it can be shown that bp in fact, acted with negligence. here's eric holder announcing what bp agreed to yesterday. >> charging bp with 11 counts of felony manslaughter. one count of felony obstruction of justice. and violation of the clean water...
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and in engineering because men had better aptitude for science and engineering than women did. classic. for which he got in a lot of hot water. he was forced to resign, you may remember, as president of harvard, when the professors up there, they called for a vote of confidence and they voted no confidence in the president of harvard, larry summers and forced to resign. so is this a guy we really want as head of the fed? you know, die remember any time being -- like an open public campaign for who might be the next head of the fed. but it's happening now. and i think it's a good thing that's happening if the president has any -- from what i've seen, if the president has any thought about really nominating larry summers for that job, he ought to think twice about it. we have a bit of news that you might want to comment on at 1-866-55-press. it looks like the hammer is about to drop big time in major league baseball for the use of illegal substances, starting with the most -- the most highly-paid player in the league ever, ever. right? >> alex rodriguez from the yankees. a couple
and in engineering because men had better aptitude for science and engineering than women did. classic. for which he got in a lot of hot water. he was forced to resign, you may remember, as president of harvard, when the professors up there, they called for a vote of confidence and they voted no confidence in the president of harvard, larry summers and forced to resign. so is this a guy we really want as head of the fed? you know, die remember any time being -- like an open public campaign for...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. jennifer >>>> i want the people who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them that you're put on this planet for something more! i want this show to have an impact beyond just informing. an impact that gets people to take action for themselves. as a human being that's really important. this is not just a spectator sport. [ music ] >> this is "the full court press: the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> 13 missed before the top of the hour here, meredith shiner "the roll call." you can follow her @rollcall.com or better yet on twitter twitter @meredithshiner. somebody like peter follows your tweets and let's you know what you are saying. >> peter: this is my gig. i follow tweets to bill and read them on air. i am looking to branch out. >> can you do pa
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. jennifer >>>> i want the people who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them that you're put on this planet for something more! i want this show to have an impact...
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who was a science adviser under president nixon. i said no no, no. no relation to frank press. i know who he was but actually my ancestors i come from delaware city, delaware. my ancestors came from salem new jersey. i found out recently that my ancestors came to salem new jersey into philadelphia from latvia and she starts looking at me and said how do you know all of this? i said i know because i've been on this great site called ancestry.com. here in the middle of a cocktail party selling this product. i urge you to try it, too. they'll give you two free weeks if you go to ancestry.com. discover all you can about your family before you then decide whether or not to sign up. it is a perfect time to do it this time of year to find out stuff about your family roots then when your crowd gets together for the holiday party you can impress them with everything you've learned. go to tryancestry.com. peter, what's happening here? >> we're tweeting at bpshow. some fantastic responses to our information we gave you to get in touch with rick schneider the governor of michigan. it is on
who was a science adviser under president nixon. i said no no, no. no relation to frank press. i know who he was but actually my ancestors i come from delaware city, delaware. my ancestors came from salem new jersey. i found out recently that my ancestors came to salem new jersey into philadelphia from latvia and she starts looking at me and said how do you know all of this? i said i know because i've been on this great site called ancestry.com. here in the middle of a cocktail party selling...
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>> he made -- the comment that women couldn't do advanced math and science because they were genetically -- >> bill: inferior to men. i'm wondering why he's even on obama's list. what is it? loyalty factor, do you think? >> yeah, loyalty. i think the obama administration not only is very much in line with a lot of -- after larry summers has been long connected to. deregulation, wall street, that kind of thing. they have a nice -- they have this sort of exterior of more progressiveness but at the heart, they are sort of these traditional, democratic wall street capitalist types. and i think, you know, actually having this fight over this nomination in a way is smart politics for them because you know, if it was predetermined, there wasn't a fight within the party, was going to be larry summers, as a nomination, they could go into the fall with republicans trying to take a shot at him. this way, there is this fight on the democratic side, republicans don't get that involved, the blood letting happens then. it looks public. the public that cares much about this which is pretty small, frankl
>> he made -- the comment that women couldn't do advanced math and science because they were genetically -- >> bill: inferior to men. i'm wondering why he's even on obama's list. what is it? loyalty factor, do you think? >> yeah, loyalty. i think the obama administration not only is very much in line with a lot of -- after larry summers has been long connected to. deregulation, wall street, that kind of thing. they have a nice -- they have this sort of exterior of more...
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we have the facts the science is totally on our side. the question is you know, we'll sit on our hands for another decade and let it get worse. so you know, i think -- he's one of these guys, i think he's just an unbelievably pragmatic president. he realizes what the problems are and i think he'll fight like hell for the solutions. >> bill: that's what people want to see. part of what rallied people behind president obama toward the end of the campaign, really started the fight. he really started to show his spine. >> you know, i'll tell you when we were sitting in that room with him and we were talking about the rates and the wealthy he said look, if we have a recession, if we go over the cliff, i don't want to do that but i'm not going to sacrifice the middle class for the next 10 to 20 years. i'm not going to do it. i'm. >> just not going to do it. and you know, there was no question in my mind that there was no fooling around. >> bill: when i saw him at the holiday party reflecting what our viewers and listeners said, right, i said m
we have the facts the science is totally on our side. the question is you know, we'll sit on our hands for another decade and let it get worse. so you know, i think -- he's one of these guys, i think he's just an unbelievably pragmatic president. he realizes what the problems are and i think he'll fight like hell for the solutions. >> bill: that's what people want to see. part of what rallied people behind president obama toward the end of the campaign, really started the fight. he really...
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we have -- i hate to bring them up because some people hate political science. we have election models that analyses based on economic and political statistics that have nothing to do with polling or -- indirectly they have something to do with polling. the one we use and trust in july showed a close election in the popular vote but obama winning by a point 50.5 to 49.5, you throw out all of the third party and independent candidates, that's guided us throughout the whole process. believe it or not, a one-point margin in the popular vote, if it is well distributed in the swing states, produces a sizable electoral college victory. john f. kennedy won by 2/10 of one%. what did he get in the electoral college? 303 which wouldn't surprise me at all to be obama's total tonight. if you add virginia to what we've got at 290 you come out at 303. truman got 303. john f. kennedy got 303. it could be around about what obama gets. if he has florida he'll go above 330. >> bill: you and i have talked over the last few months, a couple of years about some of the very, very imp
we have -- i hate to bring them up because some people hate political science. we have election models that analyses based on economic and political statistics that have nothing to do with polling or -- indirectly they have something to do with polling. the one we use and trust in july showed a close election in the popular vote but obama winning by a point 50.5 to 49.5, you throw out all of the third party and independent candidates, that's guided us throughout the whole process. believe it or...
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so because the science and the technology around this is not uniform between all of these different methods of evaluating it the judge banned that testimony. so it makes it totally hinging on individuals who have experience or relationships with both people in this. trying to identify the voice. >> bill: didn't the one woman from a condo say she thought it was the younger voice, the younger kid? >> there are a few people. there are witnesses who have said -- the most prominent witness in this is basically a state witness. john goode. he's a neighbor. he's the first one out there who -- excuse me one of the first out there, as he saw the fight and then after he said that he saw somebody on top who was later identified as trayvon punching downward on zimmerman. he says the person on the bottom was the one screaming for help. that has been the most sort of clear testimony the most definitive testimony for many of the witnesses there on the screen -- scene. the defense has done a really fairly good job. we'll see how the jurors take this. at trying to neutralize some of that emotional testimony
so because the science and the technology around this is not uniform between all of these different methods of evaluating it the judge banned that testimony. so it makes it totally hinging on individuals who have experience or relationships with both people in this. trying to identify the voice. >> bill: didn't the one woman from a condo say she thought it was the younger voice, the younger kid? >> there are a few people. there are witnesses who have said -- the most prominent...
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famous speech at harvard where he said there is a good reason why men have most of the top jobs in the sciences and engineering because women don't have the same aptitude. >> i don't know if those are his exact words but he created a firestorm. >> bill: force to the resign as president of harvard. president bill clinton said larry summers gave him bad advice by not regulating derivatives. >> he has a lot of baggage whereas janet yellen has been behind the scenes working at the feds, building consensus. i have no idea how this is going to shake out. the other question is does the administration think larry summers can get confirmed? don't forget, this is not just a presidential appointment. >> bill: good question. i must say, i was stunned the other day in our briefing when, after president obama went out of his way to defend larry summers, when members of congress raised questions about him, the president said good things about larry summers. we tried to get jay carney to say good things about janet yellen. he said i will not comment on any potential appointee but the president just finished pr
famous speech at harvard where he said there is a good reason why men have most of the top jobs in the sciences and engineering because women don't have the same aptitude. >> i don't know if those are his exact words but he created a firestorm. >> bill: force to the resign as president of harvard. president bill clinton said larry summers gave him bad advice by not regulating derivatives. >> he has a lot of baggage whereas janet yellen has been behind the scenes working at the...
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the science community calls it a perigee full moon, the closest full moon of the year. it occurs on a different date each year. next year's super moon will take place in august. even though the moon was at its closest point to the earth all year, don't worry. it is still 221,000 miles away. >> bill: i saw it this morning. it is beautiful. all right. you got it. just bringing you up to date on the story that we are tracking today. the whereabouts of edward snowden. this does read like a good international thriller. but he -- he was in moscow. had fled there from hong kong. he was boarding an aeroflot flight to go from moscow to havana and the flight -- the journalist -- 20 journalists immediately booked tickets and they got on the flight. they tweeted the doors closed, there was one empty seat. mr. snowden did not make -- either he overslept unlikely, at any rate, he's not on the flight. we'll keep you up to date on that throughout the program this morning. but shift gears a little bit here to the world of sports. chris kluwe, you know him. he's the renowned punter for t
the science community calls it a perigee full moon, the closest full moon of the year. it occurs on a different date each year. next year's super moon will take place in august. even though the moon was at its closest point to the earth all year, don't worry. it is still 221,000 miles away. >> bill: i saw it this morning. it is beautiful. all right. you got it. just bringing you up to date on the story that we are tracking today. the whereabouts of edward snowden. this does read like a...
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wednesday if you ever dine at long john silvers there is a chance you have eaten what the center for science and the public interest calls the worst restaurant meal in america. it's the big catch with onion rings, fried haddock with hush puppies and onion rings with 33 gramses of trans fat 19 grams of saturated fat 3700 milligrams of sodium and 1360 calories. the amount of trans fat is 16 times the recommended daily limit. >> bill: i know this sounds a little snotty here but i think anybody who walks in a long john silvers restaurant deserves it. >> i love seafood. i like it nice -- i like a nice, healthy meal. i go to long john silver's. >> bill: uh-huh. i'm not walking in that place. >> it is like eating the equivalent of three or four sticks of butter. >> bill: it looks bad from the outside. >> it looks horrible. true story, i went into a long john silver once when i was on a road trip. i went in and i just got whatever, the fish and chips. i watched a gentleman walk up to the counter and say do you have any of the leftover fried pieces, they batter dip the fish and put it in the oil, wha
wednesday if you ever dine at long john silvers there is a chance you have eaten what the center for science and the public interest calls the worst restaurant meal in america. it's the big catch with onion rings, fried haddock with hush puppies and onion rings with 33 gramses of trans fat 19 grams of saturated fat 3700 milligrams of sodium and 1360 calories. the amount of trans fat is 16 times the recommended daily limit. >> bill: i know this sounds a little snotty here but i think...
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time is from 20 minutes back from mars but in reality once we decide what we're going to do we have a science operational working group. we decide what we're going to do and the sol is a martian day. we write the script. we program -- we write the program. that takes about six hours to write. and then it gets sent from the deep space network to mars where the rover picks it up and the rover does all of those operations during that day. it gets that information first thing in the morning and then it is with us all day long. you program an entire day in one sitting. >> i love that name. did you say deep mars network? >> deep space. reporting live from the deep space network. so that's interesting. why do a whole day's worth of instructions at one time? is it more efficient form the machine? does it -- >> there's always this 20-minute light delay. in writing the program writing the scripts it's called, takes a little bit of time to do. we have to get together and review things. doing it in real time is inefficient. the way the rover works is the rover always talks to an orbiter. we talk to an or
time is from 20 minutes back from mars but in reality once we decide what we're going to do we have a science operational working group. we decide what we're going to do and the sol is a martian day. we write the script. we program -- we write the program. that takes about six hours to write. and then it gets sent from the deep space network to mars where the rover picks it up and the rover does all of those operations during that day. it gets that information first thing in the morning and...
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infamous statement about defining rape as a legitimate rape and that he clearly has no understanding of science because he think women have this magical power to -- >> shut it down. just shut it down. >> wow, that would save a lot in birth control if we could pull that off by the way. but the truth is he just misstepped because -- it wasn't a misstep. i want to correct that. it is not what people believe. >> bill: clair claire mccaskill has an edge? >> she's looking good. leading in the polls. i think we're going to see her. >> bill: good senator. >> she is. in a tough state to be a democrat in right now. >> bill: as we said before, it is not just the white house. just as important is the senate and the house and some of the state races. emily's list is on the job! good for them. good for stephanie. we'll be right back to take your calls at 1-866-55-press. any of the races you want to ask about. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh this looks amazing! that
infamous statement about defining rape as a legitimate rape and that he clearly has no understanding of science because he think women have this magical power to -- >> shut it down. just shut it down. >> wow, that would save a lot in birth control if we could pull that off by the way. but the truth is he just misstepped because -- it wasn't a misstep. i want to correct that. it is not what people believe. >> bill: clair claire mccaskill has an edge? >> she's looking...
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been flogged to death but yet it is still not enough to talk about how deeply hateful of women and science this guy is. to say if you're raped you should be obliged to carry your rapist's child to term which essentially allows a rape is to pick out the mother of his child if he wants? >> yeah. if you're using that logic yes. >> john: and that a woman's body can shut it down if it is in the case of legitimate rape because we know how much women fake rape accusations all the time. this is a guy boasting of his christianity. >> there are nice -- it is nice there are women standing up with akin because i don't think there is a woman alive who will lie down with akin. >> a huge night for peyton manning and the denver broncos on monday night football. the san diego chargers were up 24-0 at half time. bron cost came back after the break and scored 35 unanswered points to win 35-24. manning throwing for over 300 yards, did not get sacked once. >> john: which presidential candidate will make a grotesque metaphor at tonight's debate? >> good point. >> john: it is a great story. we have wonderful aud
been flogged to death but yet it is still not enough to talk about how deeply hateful of women and science this guy is. to say if you're raped you should be obliged to carry your rapist's child to term which essentially allows a rape is to pick out the mother of his child if he wants? >> yeah. if you're using that logic yes. >> john: and that a woman's body can shut it down if it is in the case of legitimate rape because we know how much women fake rape accusations all the time....